Reviewed by Joséphine on
Book rating: 1.5 stars
Initial thoughts: Well, that was a disappointment. You'd think time travel could give rise to more ideas besides playing cards and lustful thoughts, both of which mattered way too much to The Here and Now. I had a great deal of expectations because The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants fills me with such fond memories. I didn't expect to be so severely let down by the same author. The science in this science fiction was rather lacklustre and gave way to a lot of mundane details.
There were some half-hearted discussions on the danger of meddling with the past and the impact of it on the future, as well as how the human immune system might hold up differently across time. Sadly, these concerns faded to the background while the flirtations between Preena and Ethan too centre-stage. On a scale of romantic to creepy, it tipped more towards creepy for me as (show spoiler)[Ethan, who was fully aware that intimacy with Preena could kill him through unknown diseases didn't care, as long as it meant he could sleep with her. Just, no.]
At least the narrator was good. Listening to the audiobook is probably the only reason I managed to finish this one.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 25 January, 2017: Finished reading
- 25 January, 2017: Reviewed
